Kingswood · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Kingswood

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 59% of families in Kingswood (L), which is the most common family type here. This is a place where homes are generally larger than usual, and very few people live by themselves.

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📍 Kingswood, Urban Centre

Where Kingswood sits — Average household size

2.9 ▼ -19.4%
  • 1.2: 1 area
  • 1.3: 0 areas
  • 1.4: 0 areas
  • 1.5: 3 areas
  • 1.6: 3 areas
  • 1.7: 18 areas
  • 1.8: 37 areas
  • 1.9: 87 areas
  • 2.0: 173 areas
  • 2.1: 203 areas
  • 2.2: 204 areas
  • 2.3: 216 areas
  • 2.4: 164 areas
  • 2.5: 136 areas
  • 2.6: 109 areas
  • 2.7: 94 areas
  • 2.8: 81 areas
  • 2.9: 65 areas
  • 3.0: 52 areas
  • 3.1: 36 areas
  • 3.2: 16 areas
  • 3.3: 18 areas
  • 3.4: 9 areas
  • 3.5: 11 areas
  • 3.6: 5 areas
  • 3.7: 7 areas
  • 3.8: 5 areas
  • 3.9: 11 areas
  • 4.0: 9 areas
  • 4.1: 2 areas
  • 4.2: 6 areas
  • 4.3: 4 areas
  • 4.4: 6 areas
  • 4.5: 5 areas
  • 4.6: 4 areas
  • 4.7: 3 areas
  • 4.8: 1 area
  • 4.9: 3 areas
  • 5.0: 3 areas
  • 5.1: 0 areas
  • 5.2: 2 areas
  • 5.3: 0 areas
  • 5.4: 1 area
  • 5.5: 1 area
  • 5.6: 1 area
  • 5.7: 2 areas
  • 5.8: 0 areas
  • 5.9: 1 area
  • 6.0: 0 areas
  • 6.1: 2 areas

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Kingswood — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kingswood2.9
2340, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes here hold 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 8.3% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.

2.9 ▼ -19.4%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.6
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

8.3% ▲ +121.4%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 15.4%
  • 2021: 8.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Kingswood, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 8.2% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.

8.2% ▼ -3.1%

Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.4%
  • 2016: 19.2%
  • 2021: 8.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kingswood, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 32%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121060/kingswood/topic/family-households